Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis techniques as tools for the quality assessment of composite indicators

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 307-323

  Saisana, M ^a   Saltelli, A ^a   Tarantola, S ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Composite indicators; Robustness assessment; Sensitivity analysis; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 15844424557     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-985X.2005.00350.x     Document Type: Article

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